The interviewer met Lindbergh on the set of a shoot with model Lara Stone, where someone noted that her nose looked red. “She looks absolutely fantastic … raw, the same power as Kate [Moss],” he told The Guardian. “But who cares if her nose is red? You don’t see the power and the poetry of not being perfect?”

He went on to say that he does not subscribe to the industry’s standard of perfection. “The cosmetic companies have everyone brainwashed,” he told The Guardian. “I don’t retouch anything. ‘Oh, but she looks tired!’ they say. So what if she looks tired? Tired and beautiful.’” Now that’s an inspiring philosophy we can get behind.